The nurse is serving as a preceptor for new nurse on the unit. The preceptor is assessing the new nurse's understanding of antidysrhythmic drugs
Which statement made by the new nurse about the use of antidysrhythmic drugs best demonstrates correct understanding? a. "It is best to use as low a dose as possible of the drugs to reduce the risk of dys-rhythmias."
b. "To be effective, these drugs must be used in high doses."
c. "Many patients may have a hypersensitivity to these drugs."
d. "These drugs can actually worsen existing dysrhythmias or cause new dysrhyth-mias."
D
Virtually all of the drugs used to treat dysrhythmias can worsen existing dysrhythmias and gen-erate new ones, therefore these patients must be carefully monitored.
Using either low or high doses of these drugs can trigger lethal dysrhythmias. The point is that antidysrhythmic drugs are risky and have adverse effects.
All nurses know that some patients may have an allergic response to any drug that is adminis-tered.
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Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).